Shall Not Want

Sep 1, 2019    Ron Barnard

You don’t have to be baaad to be bad at making decisions you were never meant to make alone.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalms 23:1-6 ESV

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalms 23:1 ESV

THE LORD is my shepherd.

You are to have no other gods but me. Exodus 20:3 BBE

Christ is either Lord of all, or He is not Lord at all. - Hudson Taylor

Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? Luke 6:46 ESV

Unless Jesus is Lord of your living, the life you’re living will live in want.

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 ESV

The Lord IS MY shepherd.

The present tense personal in Psalms 23:1 is important and powerful.

What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows. Matthew 10:29-31 NLT

The Lord is my SHEPHERD. (The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. - Psalms 23:1 ESV)

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27 ESV

Here I lie a man who knows very little about anything doing all the talking to a God who knows everything about everything.

No one loves you like Yahweh!

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. John 10:11 ESV